The Bribery Commission has withdrawn four cases filed against MP Johnston Fernando regarding non-declaration of assets. In turn, the Colombo Chief Magistrate Court has discharged MP Fernando of the relevant charges.

The case was taken up before the Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne, this morning (19) when the officials representing the Bribery Commission requested permission from the court to withdraw the 04 cases stating technical errors in the cases.

The MPs who own the best milch cows was revealed in parliament today during the debate on imported milch cows.

“When these cows were purchased they claimed these animals would yield 25-30 litres of milk, but in turned out that they did not yield even as much as the local cows. There has been a massive fraud here,” said UPFA-MP Dayasiri Jayasekara.

Around 19 former ministers are still occupying the official residences that they were using while they were ministers, it is reported.

Although 20 of the newly appointed ministers had requested for official residences from the Public Administration Ministry, as the previous ministers had not vacated these residences, they are unable to provide the new ministers these official residences.

Appointments given by Wimal Weerawansa to the 4,500 Samurdhi Officers during 52 day government are not valid, says Minister of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation and Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development P. Harrison.

He was speaking at the Govijana Abhiman ceremony held in the North Central Province.

It has been established that the severe attack against the President by several UNP backbenchers during the third stage reading of the budget or Committee Stage debate in parliament yesterday (13), regarding the expenditure heads of the President, has been done on the directions of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, a President’s Office spokesman told